| Psalm 30 | |
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| "I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up" | |
 Text from Psalm 30:5, "Heaviness may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning", illustrated on a window in St Giles, Codicote, Hertfordshire, UK | |
| Other name |
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| Text | by David |
| Language | Hebrew (original) |
| Psalm 30 | |
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← Psalm 29 Psalm 31 → | |
| Book | Book of Psalms |
| Hebrew Bible part | Ketuvim |
| Order in the Hebrew part | 1 |
| Category | Sifrei Emet |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 19 |
Psalm 30 is the 30th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "I will extol thee, O LORD; for thou hast lifted me up". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint version of the Bible and in the Latin Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 29. In Latin, it is known as "Exaltabo te Domine".[1] It is a psalm of thanksgiving, traditionally ascribed to David upon the building of his own royal palace.
The psalm is a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has inspired hymns based on it, and has been set to music.
- ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 29 (30) Archived 7 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net